The Internal Revnue has got a infusion of cash from Biden and Democrats ….
(And is joining the AI bandwagon inn their searches for tax revenue)
Republicans had drained the agency for years…..
And?
Still woulkd like to take some of their founding away now….
Middle class taxpayers have no problem with this….
The IRS is launching an initiative to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and 75 large businesses it says owe hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes, the agency announced Friday.
The program takes advantage of additional funding for the agency included in the Inflation Reduction Act, which added funding to hire and replace 87,000 employees.
The audit rates on people making less than $400,000 per year will not change.
“The years of underfunding that predated the Inflation Reduction Act led to the lowest audit rate of wealthy filers in our history,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a statement. “I am committed to reversing this trend, making sure that new funding will mean more effective compliance efforts on the wealthy, while middle- and low-income filers will continue to see no change in historically low pre-IRA audit rates for years to come.”
The shift in enforcement takes advantage of new artificial intelligence technology the agency described as “groundbreaking,” which can discover patterns of tax avoidance more easily than before….
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“There is a sea change taking place at the IRS in every aspect of our operations,” Werfel said. “Anchored by a deep respect for taxpayer rights, the IRS is deploying new resources towards cutting-edge technology to improve our visibility on where the wealthy shield their income and focus staff attention on the areas of greatest abuse.”
The 1,600 millionaires targeted by the effort each owe more than $250,000 in back taxes each, and the companies, from a slew of different industries, have an average worth of $10 billion in assets, the agency said.
The additional IRS funding has come under scrutiny from Republicans, who have complained the money should be spent elsewhere. Amid negotiations over the debt limit this summer, Democrats agreed to reduce the funding boost the agency was to get by a quarter, to $60 billion….
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“We have more hiring to do,” he said. “It’s going to be a very busy fall for us.”…..
My Name Is Jack says
Show me a “ businessman?”
I’ll show you a crook that gas t been caught yet!
jamesb says
Come on Jack…
Some ARE legit….
Some….
My Name Is Jack says
I think you said here once that you formerly had a business.
How many times did you cheat on your taxes?
jamesb says
We went over this…..
I did NOT DO my taxes..,
My accountant did and I paid every cent owed…..
My Name Is Jack says
Oh STFU and pay your damn taxes!
( see Shyster,Irwin R,WWE ,late 1990s)
jamesb says
Some of us DO….
jamesb says
How about a $75 Million REFUND on income taxes that NY State thinks could have had SEVERAL Biillon in fraudulent numbers??????
bdog says
As long the claw back is net positive in the budget for the US, I am all for it…time to get our budget closer to balance…Crazy how the Republicans when not in power cry about the budget, but when they are in power…budget’s rise higher than they do on Democratic regimes…
Ghost of SE says
Remember when the US had over 50% taxes on the millionaires, billionaires, and trillionaires?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
jamesb says
50% ain’t NEVER gonna happen